Prosecutors said he was the first person to be convicted of card-sharing, having pleaded guilty to charges of fraud and offences under the Copyright Designs Patents Act 1988.

The 27-year-old, from Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, was sentenced to a 12-month Restriction of Liberty Order and a Community Payback Order with 300 hours of unpaid work when he appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court in March.

A confiscation order for £128,670.00 was granted at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Tuesday, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) said.

Liam Murphy, Procurator Fiscal for Specialist Casework, said: “Gray operated a large-scale card sharing scheme which defrauded a broadcaster out of more than a million pounds over four years.